Little thick glass bottle

[K1DDO1979]

Found this detecting because of the copper top. It was in a old site that produced good older finds before. Any idea what it would have been used for? The glass is super thick and it has no identifying marks.

 

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[nhbenz]

I'd guess these to be parts of an inkwell, with the larger ring fitting onto the decorative base.

 

[K1DDO1979]

You may be right. Thanks!

 

[surf]

Hello K1DDO,

Is the top ground? What is it's height?

Unless the tapered base fits snugly in that copper collar, I don't believe the bottle and collar are related. The same tapered base, along with the fancy cap, makes me think a cosmetic, rather than an ink.

Macro photos of the base, and finish, highlighting where the seam rises to the lip, done in natural light may tell a bit more.

Thanks for showing us.

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[gman7665]

looks like the bottom of the bottle will fit into the larger round thing as a base , Here is a pic of a similar sterling top of a Victorian Perfume bottle I found

 

[gmbrereton]

I don't think the parts belong together

 

[K1DDO1979]

looks like the bottom of the bottle will fit into the larger round thing as a base , Here is a pic of a similar sterling top of a Victorian Perfume bottle I found <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=975251"/>

Probably is a perfume bottle. When it was dug all three pieces were together and the hole in the copper piece is the exact size as the bottle neck. I'm think it may have sat in another decorative base of some kind. Would have been nice to find any evidence of the rest of the base nearby to prove it!

 

[nhbenz]

I agree, perfume is much more likely than ink. And given that they seem to fit together that it sat in a decorative base, as the bottle would be rather precariously balanced standing alone. I would presume that the collar was silver plated originally, with the remaining copper having been the base to which it was adhered.

 

[Harry Pristis]

My best guess is that these are components of a 'traveling ink.' The portion that is missing is a turned wooden box or sleeve around the bottle body. The metal skirt topped the wood sleeve. These are well known, and a Google search would probably produce images of complete examples.